Bang Bang Into The Bank
Moonton's Mobile Legends crosses $500 million in gross revenue
281.3 million downloads since 2016, says Sensor Tower
Huge Success
Old School RuneScape battles to 8 million downloads on mobile
"Most successful year to date"
E3's Big Players
Microsoft confirms E3 attendance as Sony bows out for second year
What does this mean for mobile?
Event
The conference with a conscience - Pocket Gamer Connects London goes green
Our first industry event of the decade marks a new chapter in more ways than one
Phoenix Rising
Phoenix Games acquires German developer Sixteen Tons Entertainment for its growing development group
Emergency series creator joins the flock
Ua Universe
Join our UA Universe at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 next week
One of 15 tracks at the conference
Billions And Billions
App Annie: Mobile gaming is on track to surpass $100 billion in 2020
59 per cent more companies are earning $100 million annually
Gameanalytics Benchmarks+
GameAnalytics announces powerful new Benchmarks+ features
Benchmarks+ releases several new features, including regional filtering, sub-genres, top 2-4% performance quantiles, and more
Cod Go
Call of Duty: Mobile has best launch quarter for a mobile game since Pokemon GO
180 million installs in 90 days
Stadia Downloads
Exclusive: Google Stadia mobile downloads have halved since November
550,000 installs to date, according to Sensor Tower
Closing The Loop
Mobius Final Fantasy is being shut down after nearly five years
Western players get longer to see the end of the story
Indie Spotlight
How Snowman got noticed by Apple and became part of Apple Arcade's launch with Skate City
"This growth in audiences combined with a service like Apple Arcade allows for indie studios to take more risks"
Develop:brighton Speakers
Develop:Brighton 2020 opens up to speaker submissions
Looking for talks on Apple Arcade, influencers, and more
10 Years On
10 YEARS ON: iPhone could be biggest social games platform, says Zynga
But only if Apple puts more effort into it
To The Top
Netmarble appoints chief global officer Seungwon Lee as new co-CEO
Will focus on core games business
London Calling
Pocket Gamer Connects London is NEXT WEEK!
Our biggest conference yet is just around the corner...
Women In Gaming
Women in Gaming Breakfast @ PGC London returns for a second year in 2020
An informal breakfast event to help clear the hangover of the party
Acquire, Retain, Monetise
Learn all about acquiring, retaining, and monetising users at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the conference
Sponsor Shout Out
Special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects London
The companies supporting Europe’s biggest mobile games industry B2B conference
Buildbox Free
How Buildbox is opening the doors of game development for everyone
Buildbox co-founder Trey Smith on why now is the time for a free edition of the no-code development tool
Famitsu Charts
Nintendo Switch accounted for 26 of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan
Pokemon Sword and Shield continues to capture audiences
Higher And Higher
Mobile games revenue increased by 13% to $61.7 billion in 2019
Honor of Kings tops the list for worldwide spending at $1.43 billion
"power Up Bands"
Super Nintendo World theme park will let visitors become Mario via wristbands and smartphone app
New Mario Kart ride revealed alongside official theme park song
Keep Testing
Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success
How to go big
Moving Forward
Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks partners with Kadokawa Games for new smartphone title
Cave Interactive also part of the development structure
Cloud Gaming
Learn all about cloud gaming, 5G, and subscriptions at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the event
Indies Unite
Track and Build competition offering indie game studios professional soundtrack by duo Koven
Cinematic bass pair will produce the soundtrack for the winner
Inside Story
Nintendo files trademark for Mario & Luigi series following developer's closure
AlphaDream shut down in October following "sluggish" revenue
Dice Summit
What the Golf? and Sayonara Wild Hearts score multiple nominations at DICE Awards 2020
Call of Duty, Grindstone and Sky: Children of Light all feature too
Next Big Thing
Rollic, hyper-casual publishing star of 2019, launching its SDK equipped with analytic features powered by AI
Rollic co-founder and managing director Burak Vardal tells the story behind the huge scale his company achieved in less then a year, and Rollic's plans for 2020
Exit Strategy
Enter the Gungeon shoots past three million units sold
Follow-up mobile title Exit the Gungeon being ported to PC and console
Sayonara Mutazione
Simogo's Sayonara Wild Hearts steals three nominations at the Game Developers Choice Awards
Die Gute Fabrik's Mutazione nabs four noms in the Independent Games Festival awards
Awesome Games Do Good
Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 raises $3.1 million for Prevent Cancer Foundation
Super Cat Tales the only mobile game showcased at the event
Hot Five
Hot Five: Miniclip buys Ilyon, Nifty Games goes on recruiting spree, and how Riot avoided backlash from going mobile
The hottest stories of last week
Peer-to-peer
Rainway launches streaming app for playing PC games on mobile
Can be downloaded across iPhones, iPads and iPods and Android for free
Playable Platform
Playable Platform introduces self-optimizing ads
“Self-optimizing playable ad technology is probably the greatest creative invention we’ve seen since video ads were first introduced”
Bytedance Levels Up
TikTok owner ByteDance picks up Beijing AI developer LevelupAI
Expanding its games portfolio even further
Funding
Hamburg to invest $2.2 million into local games industry over next four years
Open to developers of any size in the city
Better Mental Health
China to crack down further on violence in games to improve children's mental health
Healthy China 2030 plan backed by 12 government departments
Slideshow Fun
The Pocket Gamer 2020 Sessions land in London this month!
Fun speed-lecture sessions with 20 seconds per slide at Pocket Gamer Connects London
A Few More Knights
South Korean dev Npixel raises $25.9 million in series A funding
Reportedly the largest series A round ever for a South Korean game dev
P.l.a.y
Former footballer Rio Ferdinand teams up with Ukie for parental control awareness campaign in games
"They're easy to use and save a lot of arguments in the long run"
Holiday Spending
Roblox enters the global top grossing chart at #4
Crunching the data with App Annie
No Slowing Down
Pokemon GO evolves to best year ever at $894 million in revenue from 2019
Over $3.1 billion in lifetime revenue
Industry Vision And Values
Discover the Industry Vision and Values track at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Job News
Casual games publisher Kwalee names Simon Prytherch new head of publishing
"There’s a great opportunity to grow the publishing department"
Schedule Revealed
Final conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Check out what’s happening this month at Europe’s biggest mobile games B2B conference
Tres Bien
Nintendo Switch surpasses 3.3 million units in France
Pokemon Sword and Shield rank as best selling games
Giganta-update
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon plus Sword and Shield expansion pass revealed in Direct
Pokemon Home will launch in February
Homa's Odyssey
Olivier Le Bas discusses the success of Homa Games
"We work with developers to improve their games"